Two Actors depicting William Mulholland and Naysayer from Theatre of Will

 140 fourth and and fifth Grade Students from 75th Street School

 Officials from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Metropolitan Water   District and other program sponsors

During this time when water supplies are limited, it is important for students to understand how much of this important resource came to Los Angeles, reminding them that most most water is imported and of the tremendous challenges in getting it here through the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Students will learn about the role of William Mulholland, the LADWP first general manager.  Students learn also many science concepts including gravity flow, i.e.the water from the L.A. Aqueduct did not require pumping to get to the City.  Students will also learn information on why it is so important to save water and that each of them can help.  Teachers receive education materials in advance of the play to help them prepare students. Thirsty City is designed to be performed in elementary school auditoriums and targets elementary students in grades 3, 4 and 5.

The Theater of Will is a non-profit theater production company, part of the LAUSD Art Alliance. The company specializes in developing live theater performances for students and has provided live theater performances in LAUSD for schools for a number of years. They have also produced theater projects and education programs for the LAs Best after school program.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is the nation's largest municipally owned utility. It has served as an education partner with LAUSD, private and parochial schools for three decades sponsoring an array of programs including teacher workshops, the LADWP Science Bowl, the Times in Education Program, the Youth Service Academy and more recently the Los Angeles Infrastructure Academy.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California provides water for 18 million people in the region. It helped fund the development of the Thirsty City play through the community partnering program.  MWD has had an active education partnership program for schools in collaboration with its member agencies for many decades. MWD has sponsored a series of highly acclaimed lesson materials, teacher workshops, a regionwide water conservation poster contest, the Solar Cup high school competition and an important grant program for universities and colleges..